The 2025 Half Century (50km or 50 mile) Challenge Chatzone.

[teeonethousand]

Well done to @teeonethousand ,the 1st poster for Aug
A much delayed start for me as Friday is walking with friends day , so after a morning walk during which I got ☔ a bit wet so after dinner I waited for the rain to pass as I didn't want to get wet again , Finally out the door at 3pm to do my standard Upton Loop and I kept dry 😁

I only went early as they forecast rain by 11.00......needless to say it never rained at all here today. Bit windy though. I have started to really abbreviate the report of my route as they are probably meaningless to anyone 😁 I did have to do a loop of the village at the end to get the mileage in though .

 

[teeonethousand]

Worth any slight repercussions (I don't feel in a fit sate to even cycle around the block today, but on the plus side I've realised I've been a bit of an eejit and that the 1st isn't until Friday. ) as my wife coincidentally went down with the illness a couple a of weeks after my first jab (obviously not triggered from me as they don't use a live virus in the vaccination), and I was left in no doubt that I did better out of the deal.

Hi , how are you now😁

 

[13 rider]

[cough]

Very observant,everyone else missed my deliberate 😁 mistake , now editted

 

[Jon George]

Hi , how are you now😁

Thanks for asking. I went out yesterday with the intention of bagging a point, but felt that the necessary oomph still wasn't quite there. Turned out to be a good decision - the good speed I had on the initial outward leg was due to a strong tailwind that, of course, became an annoying headwind coming back (which would have probably wiped me out for the rest of the day if I'd been forced to face it for duration and the point I was seeking) and ... it also started raining just as I got home.
I figure I'm ahead.

 

[ColinJ]

I cadged a lift to Wellington (near Taunton) today and then cycled a quiet, lumpy route back to my sister's cottage in Devon.

The only big hill of the day was Wellington Hill which starts off gentle but gets steeper and steeper towards the top. The last few bends are over 15% and probably just graze 20% a couple of times.

The route was up and down after that first hill but not excessively so. I did exactly 60 km (about 37 miles) but with 'only'*** 715 m (about 2,350 ft) of ascent.

That was a route back to the south of Tiverton. I will do one north of Tiverton another time.

So, that's me in for August. I may not post about other qualifying rides during the month but will sum up at the end. Which reminds me... I haven't done July's report yet! I will do it this evening after our evening meal


*** If you live somewhere flat that probably sounds like quite a lot of climbing but if I rode 60 km in Yorkshire and/or Lancashire I would typically do 900-1,200 m and occasionally as much as 1,400 m!

 

[bruce1530]

For the first time in ages, I’ve managed to get a ride in at the start of the month, rather than being a tail end Charlie.

I had planned to get out early, but family stuff prevented that. Escaped about 3.30, nice run up the coast to portencross, hunterston and Largs. Roads very busy, so much of the journey was on paths.

Largs was busy, lots of tourists and day trippers. Got a coffee, sat and watched the ferry coming in for a few mins, then back by same route.